Κατάκρας

utterly

Translated by David Whitehead29 May 2008Vetting: high3 revisions

3 notes · 36 words
[Meaning] wholly, completely.1
"He was saying that no position of security was still left other than capturing the city utterly".2
"[...] if perhaps [he/she/it] might be at the summit of the city, meaning on the acropolis".3

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κατάκρας· ἐπίρρημα. διόλου, παντελῶς. ὁ δὲ ἔλεγε μηδὲν ἔτι λείπεσθαι φυλακτήριον τὸ μὴ οὐ κατάκρας ἁλῶναι τὴν πόλιν. εἰ μήποτε εἴη κατ' ἄκρας πόλεως, ἀντὶ τοῦ κατ' ἀκροπόλεως.

Betacode
*kata/kras: e)pi/rrhma. dio/lou, pantelw=s. o( de\ e)/lege mhde\n e)/ti lei/pesqai fulakth/rion to\ mh\ ou) kata/kras a(lw=nai th\n po/lin. ei) mh/pote ei)/h kat' a)/kras po/lews, a)nti\ tou= kat' a)kropo/lews.

Notes (3)

  1. 1For this headword adverb see already kappa 598. ↩
  2. 2Quotation unidentifiable. ↩
  3. 3Quotation (illustrative not of the present headword but the phrase kat' a)/kras) unidentifiable. Adler's punctuation, followed here, treats the glossing clause as part of the quotation itself. ↩

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κ597Κατακώχιμοιpossessedκ598Κατάκραςutterly, from top to bottomκ599Κατάκραςutterlyκ600<20Κατὰ κράτοςin accordance with powerκ601Κατακρατῶ σουI overpower you
Revision history3 revisions · last 31 Jan 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. tweaked tr — David Whitehead
  3. set status — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — David Whitehead

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